Desta: The Memories Between

Desta: The Memories Between is a mobile-first, cozy and tactile tactics games from ustwo games made possible due to our publishing partner Netflix. On this project I started as a Freelance Senior Artist back in December 2021 and ended up liking ustwo games so much I moved over into a permanent employment Senior Artist role the following March. Desta’s development cycle included live update content and porting to Switch and PC, for which I was Lead Artist.
My role was focused on environment work: the floating island, the obstacles and background dioramas (or SkyLads as they were known during production). I also did lighting, VFX, and UI support work.

My favourite obstacle in the game is Nila’s drumkit 🥁 (thank you Dan Pugsley for the excellent sound design!)

Below are some screenshots of the released game. Includes work from Ian Zell and Jessie van Aelst. Art Direction from Chris Cox.

Shipped Product

Process

Coming soon!